Pack-saddle.



No. 652,587 Patented June 26, I900.

E. F. BLISS.

PACK SADDLE.

(Application filed Mar. 19, 1900.)

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No. 652,587. Patented June 26, I900.

E. F. BLISS.

PACK SADDLE.

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A WORN/5Y8 EDGAR F. BLISS, OF PROVIDENCE, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

PACK-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,587, dated June 26,1900.

Application filed March 19, 1900. $erial No. 9,278. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR F. BLISS, of Providence, in the county ofYavapai, Arizona Territory, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Pack-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in packsaddles, and has for its object adevice of this character which will be of simple construction and fewparts and which will be capable of various arrangements or assemblage ofthe parts, so as to be adapted for carrying both loose and sacked ore,cord-wood, baled hay, and various other bulky materials in an efficientmanner.

The invention consists of certain details of construction, which I shallhereinafter fully describe and claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pack'saddle arranged forcarrying loose ore or the like. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same withthe ore-boxes fastened. Fig. 3 is an end view of the saddle arranged forcarrying sacked ore. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the saddle arrangedto receive a load of wood or the like, Fig. 5 is a side view with a loadof wood fastened in place, and Fig. 6 is a detail view of the curled endof one of the struts 27.

The tree of my improved saddle is formed of two approximatelyinverted-\l-shaped bars 10, of steel or other suitable metal, connectedtogether rigidly near their upper ends by the saddle-boards l1. Thearmsof each bar are formed with horizontally-alined apertures 12, in whichhinge-rods 13 are removably inserted, and support-arms 14, arranged inpairs, are hinged to said rods, as shown. Ore-boxes 15 are provided withbearing-blocks 16 at their lower ends, by which they are mounted toswing on the hinge-rods 13, and are connected to the support-arms 14 tomove therewith by means of locking-rods 1'7, passed through the hookedends 18 of the support-arms and through registering holes 19 in ribs 20on the outer sides of the boxes. On one side of the saddle .thesupport-arms 14 have chains 21 at tached to their hooked ends, saidchains be ing provided with claw-bars 22 at their free ends, havinglocking-hooks 23 attached thereto, and on the other side of the saddlechains 24 are secured to the hooked ends of the support-arms, saidlatterchains having short hooks 25 at their free ends. The lower extremitiesof the inverted\l-shaped bars 10 are hooked to receive open links 26, asshown in Fig. 4.

27 designates struts, which have curled ends, so that they may bereadily attached to the hinge-rods 13 to prevent the saddle from turningwhen it is being loaded and unloaded, and 31 designates stops for thesupportarms 14.

When the parts are assembled as described above, the saddle is arrangedto carry loose ore, sand, and the like. To load the saddle with these orsimilar materials, the boxes 15 and their support-arms 14 are swungoutwardly and the lower ends of the arms are caught and held by thelinks 26, as shown at one side of Fig. 1. When the boxes 15 are filled,they are swung upwardly against the saddle-boards 11 and are securedtogether by a hook 29 and also, if desired, by the interlockingengagement of the claw-bars 22 with the diagonally-opposite chains 24,as shown in Fig. 2. Then to unload the chains and the hook 29 areunfastened, and the boxes swing outwardly and quickly dump the load. Ifit is desiredto load the saddle with baled hay, cord-wood, or similarmaterials, the lockingrods 17 are withdrawn and the boxes 15 removedfrom the support-arms and hinge-rods. The supp0rt-arms 14 are swungoutwardly and their ends caught by the links 26, thus.

forming a rack with the saddletree, on which rack the material isplaced. After the saddle is loaded the load is bound by passing thechains over the top of the load, and a clawbar 22 of one chain isinserted in a linkof a chain 24 directly opposite, and the lockinghooks23 are brought over, thus drawing the load tight, as shown in Fig. 5. Itis understood that when the chains are hooked together in this mannerthe upper ends of the support-arms 14 are drawn together and the links26 drop loosely down. To discharge this load, the lockhooks 23 areuufastened,

and the chains are thus released, and the support-arms 14 drop, thusforming a skidway or slide on which the load rolls to the ground and iscarried outwardly from the pack-animal. For use in carrying sacked oreor the like, the sacks being comparatively short, the hinge-rods 18 areremoved from the apertures 12 and inserted in apertures thereabove inthe bars 10. The support-arms 14 are then hinged to the said'rods, buton the inside and not the outside of the bars 10, the links 26 areremoved from the lower hooked extremities of the bars 10 and inserted inthe apertures 12, so as to engage the lower ends of the arms 14 when inthis position, and the struts 27 are swung up and laid against thesaddle-boards 11, as shown in Fig. 3. This load is bound in the samemanner as the load of cord-wood or the like just described above.

It Will be observed that I have provided a very. simple and efficientpack-saddle capable of a variety of uses and of durable construction,owing to the fact that no ropes are employed in its construction whichare liable to cut or rot.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Apack-saddle,consistingofatree,hingerods attached to the lower endsof said tree, support-arms hinged to said rods, boxes havin g theirlower ends loosely supported on said rods,and devices for securing theupper ends of the boxes, as set forth.

2. Apack-saddle, consisting ofa tree,hingerods attached to said tree,support arms hinged to said rods, links secured to the lower ends of thetree and arranged to be inserted over the'lower ends of said arms tohold the same in one position, and means for binding together the upperends of said arms, as set forth.

3. A pack-saddle, consisting of a tree, support-arms having a hingedconnection with said tree, means for holding the lower ends of said armsat an angle to the lower ends of the tree, and binding-chains attachedto the upper ends of said arms, as set forth.

' 4. A pack-saddle, consisting of a tree, support-arms pivotallyconnected to said tree, chains attached to the upper ends of said arms,and claw-bars attached to the free ends of two of the chains, saidclaw-bars being provided with locking-hooks, as set forth.

5. A pack-saddle, consisting of a tree,hingerods attached thereto,support-arms pivotal] y mounted on said rods and having hooked upperends, boxes having their lower ends removably supported on said rods andhaving apertured ribs on their outer sides, lockingrods arranged to passthrough the hooked ends of the arms and the apertured ribs, and meansfor fastening said boxes together, as set forth.

6. A pack-saddle, consisting of a tree having apertures near its lowerends and hooked lower ends, hinge-rods inserted in said apertures,support-arms pivotally mounted between their ends on said rods, linksattached to the hooked ends of the tree and adapted to engage the lowerends of said arms, and-interlocking chains attached to the upper ends ofsaid arms, as set forth.

7. A pack-saddle, consisting of a tree having upper and lower sets ofapertures, saddleboards connected to said tree, rods arranged to beremovably inserted in either set of apertures, support-arms adapted tobe pivoted on said rods, open links adapted to engage the lower ends ofsaid arms, and strut-s pivotally connected to said rods and adapted tobe swung up against the saddle'boards, as set forth.

' 8. A pack-saddle, provided with a tree, hinge-rods attached to saidtree, and struts having curled upper ends arranged for detachableconnection to said rods, as set forth.

9. A pack-saddle, consisting of a tree provided with apertures,hinge-rods reinovably fitted in said apertures, support-arms pivotallyconnected to said rods, links removably connected to the said tree andadapted to engage the lower ends of the support-arms, and chainsattached to the upper ends of said arms and arranged for interlockingengagement, as set forth.

Inv testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR F. BLISS.

Witnesses:

JAMES GILLEsPIE, ALEX. NELsoN.

